See All The Costumed ‘Riff-Raff’ Who Crashed the Yankee Games on John Oliver’s Dime

Last week, in response to the New York Yankees baseball organization altering their ticket policies so that premium-seat-holders wouldn’t have to rub elbows with common StubHub-searching peasants, John Oliver was offering $0.25 tickets to anyone who pledged to dress incredibly unsuitably for such fancy seats. And so it was that the Yankees’ home opener was attended by a pair of ninja turtles.

On last night’s episode of Last Week Tonight, we got a roundup of all the fans who got tickets from Oliver. There were the unicorns, the sharks, and ultimately the dinosaurs. It’s a good bit, and a great little prank to play on Yankees management and their elitist ticketing policies. But also … can we talk about the lack of imagination on the part of Oliver’s fans? The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were a great start, but the unicorns, sharks, and dinosaurs all feel like versions of the same whimsical plush onesie. Now, the weather in New York City last week was unseasonably frigid, so you can see the appeal of something that’s both silly and legitimately warm. Last week was probably not the week for a pair of fans in leather dominatrix gear; they’d have frozen their bits off, despite how much better a statement that would have been. But enough about my hopes for a national sexual revolution sparking in the premium seats of Yankees games.

Still, kudos to John Oliver for upsetting the Yankees’ applecart and giving some plush-friendly weirdos a good, chilly time at the ballpark.